I walked into the Hooters about five minutes early for my second interview, which was going to be with GM Carl. One of the Hooters Girls at the door directed me to a table over by the bathrooms where three other girls were sitting. I got a little nervous when I noticed that those girls were all filling out W4s. If three new girls had just been hired, would there even be a place for me? GM Carl came out and said hello to the other girls, then he introduced himself to me and led me to a table in the middle of the restaurant. 
We sat down and discussed my resume and application, and it turns out one of the restaurants I used to work at just happens to be his favorite place to eat in town. We talked about the food there for a bit, and then he told me a little about his experiences working at Hooters for the past seven years. He's been at multiple locations, but likes the current one the most (is he paid to say that?). I noticed his backwards baseball cap (I was already loving the laid-back air before I noticed that the manager walks around in a backwards baseball cap!) had an MLB logo on it, so I asked him who his team was. We chatted a bit about baseball, and I brought up that I'm really excited that the girls are encouraged to watch the games with their tables. I also asked about the bartender training that Hooters offers to the over-21 girls. He seemed impressed that I knew about it, so I'm glad I did my research before going in. At the end of the interview he told me it might be a couple of weeks before they can get me on the floor for training, but that I should call him on Monday in the afternoon, and he'd see if they could schedule me. I shook his hand and took another look around, smiling. As I walked out the door it sunk in... they're going to schedule me in for training. I'm going to be a Hooters Girl. I did a bell kick and called Bradley to tell him the news.
We sat down and discussed my resume and application, and it turns out one of the restaurants I used to work at just happens to be his favorite place to eat in town. We talked about the food there for a bit, and then he told me a little about his experiences working at Hooters for the past seven years. He's been at multiple locations, but likes the current one the most (is he paid to say that?). I noticed his backwards baseball cap (I was already loving the laid-back air before I noticed that the manager walks around in a backwards baseball cap!) had an MLB logo on it, so I asked him who his team was. We chatted a bit about baseball, and I brought up that I'm really excited that the girls are encouraged to watch the games with their tables. I also asked about the bartender training that Hooters offers to the over-21 girls. He seemed impressed that I knew about it, so I'm glad I did my research before going in. At the end of the interview he told me it might be a couple of weeks before they can get me on the floor for training, but that I should call him on Monday in the afternoon, and he'd see if they could schedule me. I shook his hand and took another look around, smiling. As I walked out the door it sunk in... they're going to schedule me in for training. I'm going to be a Hooters Girl. I did a bell kick and called Bradley to tell him the news.I'm thinking I should make some of these cupcakes to celebrate, no?
Love this blog! You are a much better writer than I think that you realize! Just keep posting regularly and I am sure you'll have a host of readers in no time!
ReplyDeleteI agree with K.H. I love her blog alot. And I'm sure that I'm going to love yours as well. Good luck with your training!!!!
ReplyDeleteOoooh, I'm excited to see where this goes. Good luck!
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